Cuff button



Jan. 9, 1923..

G. DE KOFF.

CUFF BUTTON.

FILED NOV. 11. 1921'.

Patented den. 9, i923.

Gnonen nn Kerr, or

tantra CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CUFF BUTTON.

Applicationfiled November 17, 1921. Serial No. 515,758.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Gnonon DE lions, a citizen of Russia (who has madeapplication for naturalization as a citiaen of the United States),residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Cuff Buttons, of whichthe followinp; is a specification.

This invention relates to cuff buttons of the link type, and the mainobject of the invention is to provide a simple and practical cuffbutton, which may be cheaply made, shall be easy to apply to and removefrom the cuff, and is efficient in use.

In the accompanying drawing have illustrated two practical terms of cultbuttons embodying the invention and both e1nploy 111g the samestructural pi'ii'iciple, and referring thereto- Fig. 1 is a sideelevation showing the button in the form which it appears when appliedto the cuff;

Fig. 2 is a similar view, showing the heads swung parallel to the linkin position for insertion through, or removal from the button holes;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the button as shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. t is a cross-section on the line 4t4t of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 1 inverted, showing a modification;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. of the button shown in Fig. 5; and

Fig. 7 is an enlarged cross-section on the line 77 of Fig. 5.

Referring first to the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to ainclusive, l0 designates the heads which maybe of the general oval formshown. or of any other desired form, and are preferably of the concavo-convex surface form illustrated in Fig. l. At diametricallyopposite points on the periphery of the head are integral lat eral wingswhich are bent into rectangular form and folded inwardly onthe rear side01 the head, the free end portion 0:? each being apertured as shown at11 in Fig. 4, thereby forming a pair ofinwardly offset spaced hinge lugs12, each having a limb extending inwardly substantially parallel withthe plane of the head and another apertured limb extending therefromsubstantially at a right angle to the plane of the head.

13 designates as a whole the link, which is a one-piece member stampedout of a thin sheet metal blank. The ends of the link 13 are forked orbranched as shown at 14, and

on the free end of each branch 14 is a hinge pintle 15 that is engagedwith the hinge lug 12..

The structure illustrated in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 is closely similar to thathereinabove described, the only difference being that the hinge lugs 12are disposed further inwardly of the rear side of the head 10, and

the branches 1% of the link 13' straddle the lugs with their hingepintles 15 extending inwardly throiurh the latter.

The heads are readily assembled with the link bar by simply bending thehinge lugs into engagement with the pintles of the latter. The headswith their hinge lugs and the link bar may be made by a simple punchpress, thus making the cost of manufacture very low.

In both forms of the invention, the flat link bar is preferably bowed orarched in its own plane, so as to give a slight relative inclination tothe heads 10 or 10, thus adapting the button for stiff cuffs, as well assoft cuffs.

I claim:

1. A cuff button, comprising a pair of heads each formed with a pair ofdiametrically opposed rectangular apertured hinge lugs integral with andinwardly offset from the peripheries of said heads, and a connectinglink bar having at each end thereof a pair of hinge pintles pivotall'yengaged with said lugs.

9.. A cuff button, comprising a pair of heads each formed with a pairor" diametrically opposed hinge lugs integral with the peripheries ofsaid heads, each of said lugs having a limb extending inwardly substantially parallel witlthe plane of the head. and another apertured limbextending therefrom substantially at a right angle to the plane of thehead, and a connecting link bar having at each end thereof a pair ofoppositely extending hinge pintles pivotally engaged with the aperturesof said lugs.

from substantially at a right angle to the plane of the head, and aconnecting link bar having forked ends each terminating in a pair ofoppositely extending hinge pintles pivotally engaged With the aperturesof said lugs.

' GEORGE DE KOFF.

